But any once loyal customers mourning the closure are probably mourning the memory of something that actually died six years ago.

That's when HMV, formerly the island's biggest music store moved out of The Heeren.

Yes, HMV was a big deal. An anchor tenant, no less.

To tell a teen today that for over a decade, a music store once occupied 25,000 sq ft over three floors of a busy Orchard Road mall sounds like crazy talk.

They may even ask you mockingly if the fourth floor was where they kept the unicorns.

Three floors of music. That stopped in 2009 when it moved to the much smaller store at 313@Somerset. With that move, the writing was on the wall.

Aside from a smattering of independent CD stores — and these will probably last for some time given that they cater to niche and audiophile tastes — there is hardly anywhere to buy CDs in Singapore now.

But while it may be expected of me, a girl who loves her music, to be sad about the loss of the music buying experience in Singapore, I'm not.

I certainly don't think the loss of CDs should cause any pangs of nostalgia.

Why hold on to an outdated form of music technology?

But if you are upset about the demise of CD shopping, here are some reasons why you shouldn't be...

Music is still streaming ahead

Whether you care to admit it or not, streaming is the future for music consumption.

Taylor Swift may have appeared anti-streaming when she took her stance against Spotify, but even she has jumped on the bandwagon with Apple Music.

CDs should have been phased out years ago. Today's technology makes CDs obsolete and I'm surprised it took so long for it to happen.

Subscribing to the many streaming services such as Spotify, Rdio or Apple Music for just $9.99 a month will give you access to almost 40 million songs — immediately and anywhere there is a 4G connection.

And unlike a CD, streaming services will recommend music to you based on your tastes. You can share what you are listening to with your friends and followers on the app.

Now compare that to the cumbersome CD - where you pay about $20 for about 12 songs.

(Full disclosure: It took a lot of head scratching and memory straining among my colleagues to recall what the average CD price was. It has been that long since we bought physical music)

More importantly, just think about the process that has to be undergone to listen to those 12 songs.

First, you have to go to a physical store. If your preferred genre is niche, even if you find the album you are looking for, you might have to pay a ridiculously high price. ("Imported, lah")

Even then, when was the last time you actually listened to a CD? As soon as you got home, it was put into the computer and the songs imported as MP3s.

Then the music was transported into your listening device while the CD became little more than a potential coaster.

Really, who has the time for all that these days?

Playing technology

As the music stores disappear, CD players are also going the way of the dinosaur.

Laptops are getting slimmer and lighter because they no longer support or need CDs.